Rick James discography
Rick James in 1984
This is the discography documenting albums and singles released by American R&B/soul singer/musician Rick James.
Studio albums
| Year | Album | Chart positions[1] | US certifications[2] |
Record label | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B |
UK[3] | ||||
| 1978 | Come Get It! | 13 | 3 | — | 2× Platinum | Gordy |
| 1979 | Bustin' Out of L Seven | 16 | 2 | — | Platinum | |
| Fire It Up | 34 | 5 | Gold | |||
| 1980 | Garden of Love | 83 | 17 | Gold | ||
| 1981 | Street Songs | 3 | 1 | — | 3× Platinum | |
| 1982 | Throwin' Down | 13 | 2 | 93 | Gold | |
| 1983 | Cold Blooded | 16 | 1 | — | Gold | |
| 1985 | Glow | 50 | 7 | — | — | |
| 1986 | The Flag | 95 | 16 | — | — | |
| 1988 | Wonderful | 148 | 12 | — | — | Reprise |
| 1989 | Kickin' | — | — | — | — | |
| 1997 | Urban Rapsody | 170 | 31 | — | — | Private I |
| 2007 | Deeper Still | 185 | 19 | — | — | Stone City |
| "—" denotes the album failed to chart or was not certified | ||||||
Compilation albums
| Year | Album | Chart positions[1] | Record label | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B | ||||
| 1984 | Reflections | 41 | 10 | Gordy | |
| 1994 | Bustin' Out: The Very Best of Rick James | — | — | Motown | |
| 1997 | Ultimate Collection | — | — | ||
| 2000 | The Millennium Collection: The Best of Rick James | — | — | ||
| 2002 | Anthology | — | — | ||
| 2004 | Greatest Hits | — | — | ||
| 2005 | Gold | — | — | ||
| The Millennium Collection: The Best of Rick James, Vol. 2 | — | — | |||
| 2006 | The Definitive Collection | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes the album failed to chart | |||||
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart positions[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B |
US Dance |
UK[3] | ||||
| 1978 | "You and I" | 13 | 1 | 3 | 46 | ||
| "Mary Jane" | 41 | 3 | — | — | |||
| 1979 | "High on You Love Suite" | 72 | 12 | — | — | ||
| "Bustin' Out" | 71 | 8 | — | — | |||
| "Fool on the Street" | — | 35 | — | — | |||
| "Love Gun" | — | 13 | 32 | — | |||
| 1980 | "Come into My Life (Part 1)" | — | 26 | — | — | ||
| "Big Time" | — | 17 | 38 | 41 | |||
| 1981 | "Give It to Me Baby" | 40 | 1 | 1 | 47 | ||
| "Super Freak (Part 1)" | 16 | 3 | — | ||||
| "Ghetto Life" | 102 | 38 | — | ||||
| 1982 | "Standing on the Top (Part 1)" (with The Temptations) | 66 | 6 | — | 53 | ||
| "Dance Wit' Me (Part 1)" | 64 | 3 | 7 | 53 | |||
| "Hard to Get" | — | 15 | — | — | |||
| "She Blew My Mind (69 Times)" | — | 62 | — | — | |||
| 1983 | "Cold Blooded" | 40 | 1 | 17 | 93 | ||
| "U Bring the Freak Out" | 101 | 16 | — | — | |||
| "Ebony Eyes" (with Smokey Robinson) | 43 | 22 | — | 96 | |||
| 1984 | "17" | 36 | 6 | — | 76 | ||
| "You Turn Me On" | — | 31 | — | 89 | |||
| 1985 | "Can't Stop" | 50 | 10 | 9 | — | ||
| "Glow" | 106 | 5 | 1 | 80 | |||
| "Spend the Night With Me" | — | 41 | — | — | |||
| 1986 | "Sweet and Sexy Thing" | — | 6 | 4 | — | ||
| 1988 | "Loosey's Rap" (featuring Roxanne Shanté) | — | 1 | 25 | 80 | ||
| "Wonderful" | — | 50 | — | — | |||
| 1989 | "This Magic Moment"/"Dance with Me" (medley) | — | 74 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | "On The Run " (with Bump J) | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006 | "In the Ghetto" (with Busta Rhymes) | — | 50 | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes the single failed to chart | |||||||
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Rick James albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
- ↑ "Rick James US certifications history". riaa.com. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Rick James UK chart history". chartstats.com. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
- ↑ "Rick James singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
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